ussacclaim 0 Posted February 7, 2004 OK, I've mostly concentrated on watching the other series of Star Trek, but I have started watching TOS. Anyway, in "Space Seed" the Enterprise is pictured near the "Botany Bay" and then on the bridge an officer reports that the Enterprise is traveling at Warp 2. Since the Botany Bay was in the 1990's (I must have missed the launching and the whole Eugenics Wars: Darn you CNN!) it isn't warp capable so is this just a writing mistake or what? And even though TOS has a different warp table, Warp 2 should not be sublight. OK, so I'd appreciate some comments. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted February 7, 2004 (edited) Just another example of the budget crunch often experienced by TOS, they couldn't afford to "show" the tractor beam. Or was the other ship inclosed in the warp field? I don't remember but I'm sure whatever it was, it wasn't seen because of $$$. Edited February 7, 2004 by Alterego Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tina 0 Posted February 26, 2004 I am thinking because it was a deep space sleeper ship,It might just run on impulse power Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEAREBORG4102 0 Posted February 29, 2004 It was the budget..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted June 8, 2009 I believe it was just an oversight by the writers, of course there is an example of a non warp ship being able to travel at warp speeds. In DS9 the Bajoran solar ship that Sisko built was able to travel at warp so perhaps the Botany Bay was traveling at warp due to something within space that accelerated it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostofMajorHayes 10 Posted May 10, 2011 Whether is was an oversight or a budgetary issue this was an ep so good that it rivals "City on the Edge of Forever" as the best TOS ep of all time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
